i have a 993 hijet bus. i only realy drive it around town and through the twisty slow roads in the peaks and i cruise up to about 60mph where i can, it seems happy at around that speed. as there is no rev counter on these vans i'm not sure how much further i can push it, i need to do lots of motorway miles soon and would like to be able to sit at 70 most of the way.

how fast do you drive your 993.

i love my van and drive it very carefully and dont want to blow it up :-)

again it feels like a silly question for such a van, do any of you floor it and not worry about it. i realise the brakes and handling aren't up to much quicker then that any way buit i was just curious.

chinfuk wrote:hi. this feels like a silly question for such a van but...

i have a 993 hijet bus. i only realy drive it around town and through the twisty slow roads in the peaks and i cruise up to about 60mph where i can, it seems happy at around that speed. as there is no rev counter on these vans i'm not sure how much further i can push it, i need to do lots of motorway miles soon and would like to be able to sit at 70 most of the way.

how fast do you drive your 993.

i love my van and drive it very carefully and dont want to blow it up :-)

again it feels like a silly question for such a van, do any of you floor it and not worry about it. i realise the brakes and handling aren't up to much quicker then that any way buit i was just curious.

many thanks

Mine is the 97 bus. I've taken the seats out and use it mainly as a van. If just me in it no seats and empty. In any strong winds on motorways its all over the place above 60mph. The more weight in van the more stable it is. So depending on weather it will cruise happily at 70mph. But the fuel consumption will be not good. So I keep it around 55mph which yields around 45mpg. Mine will pull anywhere in 5th gear above 35mph. My brother came back on the M1 after his mate broke down with his Suzuki 1000cc bike. Bike in back with rider. Bro and his mate, in front, both over 16st. Came back from Coventry to Barnsley at 60mph in 5th gear all the way and never missed a beat

Never had a problem holding 70 with my old 993cc. Similarly just come back from Cambridge (to Lancaster) in 1.3L and do regular long journeys but never feels I'm pushing the engine. It's cross winds that make me miss a beat, rather than the engine.

My speedometer reachs 120 (...Km/h ) on my 97 Porter bus... but I checked with a GPS and there was a diference of 10 Km/h...less...so actually it was 110 km/h aprox... but the same as others... a bit scary with sidewinds...